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Debt

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Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt

Note 9. Debt

Debt consisted of the following:

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Secured notes

 

$

24,907

 

 

$

33,516

 

Deferred financing costs

 

 

(315

)

 

 

(384

)

Total

 

$

24,592

 

 

$

33,132

 

Debt – current portion

 

 

24,592

 

 

 

21,191

 

Long-term debt – less current portion

 

$

 

 

$

11,941

 

 

The Company’s debt consists of Secured Notes entered into with High Trail Investments ON LLC and an affiliated institutional investor (together, the "Investors"). The Secured Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants (including covenants that limit the Company’s ability to incur debt, make investments, transfer assets, engage in certain transactions with affiliates and merge with other companies). For a full description of the debt arrangement, see Note 9, Debt, in the audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2023 Form 10-K.

Pursuant to the Second Note Amendment, the Company made a cash payment of $5.0 million on April 1, 2024 to redeem approximately $4.2 million of aggregate principal amount of the Secured Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, and made a cash payment of $5.5 million on April 15, 2024 to repay approximately $4.6 million of principal of the Secured Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest.

On July 1, 2024, we entered into a third note amendment to the Secured Notes with the Investors (the “Third Note Amendment”). Pursuant to the Third Note Amendment, the Company and the Investors agreed to defer the July 1, 2024 partial redemption payment

of $10.5 million (the “July Redemption Payment”) over a period of ten equal monthly payments commencing August 1, 2024. The July Redemption Payment will be paid monthly at a Repayment Price of $1,050,000 with $875,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Secured Notes redeemed. In addition to the July Redemption Payment, on the first day of each three-month period beginning on October 1, 2024 (a “Partial Redemption Date”), the Company will redeem a portion of the principal amount of the Secured Notes at the Repayment Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, unless the Investors cancel or waive such redemption. The aggregate principal amount of the Secured Notes that will be redeemable on a Partial Redemption Date will be $8,750,000 for a Repayment Price of $10,500,000. During August 2024 we received extensions from the Investors for the July Redemption Payment through August 16, 2024.

The Secured Notes include terms that provide the Investors seniority over other unsecured obligations in any settlement negotiations in the event of liquidation. Additionally, the Secured Notes contain redemption features in the event of default or a fundamental change in control that would make the Secured Notes immediately callable at a predetermined rate as described in the Secured Notes. The redemption features are settled in cash. As of June 30, 2024, the Company has not included the effect of an event of default or the effect of a fundamental change in control in the valuation of the Secured Notes. The Company will continue to monitor the likelihood of these events and associated impact on the valuation of the Secured Notes in future reporting periods.

On July 2, 2024, we received a notice of default from the trustee of the Secured Notes, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (the "Trustee") stating that the Company was in violation of Section 4.4 of the the indenture dated as of August 14, 2023 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee as of April 29, 2024, due to the Company's failure to timely provide an Officer's Certificate indicating the Company was in compliance with the covenants in the Indenture. On July 3, 2024, we submitted to the Trustee the required documents to cure the covenant non-compliance. On July 9, 2024, we obtained a waiver from the Investors waiving this default, related defaults, and the payment of any accrued default interest in connection with these defaults.

The Company incurred deferred financing costs of $0.5 million related to the Secured Notes, which were capitalized upon issuance and are being accreted over the term of the Secured Notes using the effective interest rate method with $0.1 million and $0.2 million amortized to interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. As of June 30, 2024, the remaining unamortized balance of deferred financing costs was $0.3 million and were included in Debt — current portion on the balance sheets.

Additionally, the Company is accreting discounts of $17.8 million and capitalizing to the carrying value of the Secured Notes over the term of the Secured Notes using the effective interest rate method with $4.9 million and $8.0 million amortized to interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. As of June 30, 2024, the unamortized discount was $8.6 million, which includes the difference between the principal and the Repayment Price. For the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company incurred and paid $0.4 million and $0.6 million in interest expense, respectively, related to the Secured Notes. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company incurred and paid $1.0 million and $0.6 million in interest expense, respectively, related to the Secured Notes. The effective interest rate was 98.5% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.

The future minimum aggregate payments for the above borrowings are equal to the quarterly payments made using the Repayment Price, are as follows as of June 30, 2024:

 

 

(In thousands)

 

2024

 

$

21,000

 

2025

 

$

12,500

 

 

$

33,500